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Cast Study : Visualization of Large Rotor Simulation Data using VTK (사례연구 : VTK를 이용한 대용량 로터 시뮬레이션 데이터의 가시화)

  • Lee, Joong-Youn;Hur, Younju;Kim, MinAh
    • Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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    • 2009.11a
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    • pp.393-394
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    • 2009
  • 최근 컴퓨팅 성능의 급격한 발전으로 이를 통해 생산되는 데이터의 크기 역시 매우 커지고 있다. 이는 로터 시뮬레이션 분야에서도 마찬가지인데, 과거에는 백만개 정도의 격자 데이터 정도만을 다루었던 것에 비해 최근에는 1억개 이상의 격자 데이터를 다루려는 시도가 계속되고 있다. 그러나 이렇게 생산된 대용량의 시변환(time-variant) 유동 데이터는 그 크기가 매우 크기 때문에 일반 PC에서는 실시간으로 가시화하기에 곤란한 경우가 많다. 또, 이러한 로터 시뮬레이션 데이터는 매우 복잡한 구조를 가지고 있기 때문에 초보자가 이 데이터에서 vortex와 같은 중요한 정보를 뽑아서 가시화하는 데에는 많은 어려움이 있어 왔다. 본 논문에서는 일반 PC에서 가시화하기 어려운 대용량 로터 시뮬레이션 데이터를 고성능 가시화 컴퓨터와 VTK를 이용해서 빠르게 가시화하기 위한 방법을 서술한다. 또, 복잡한 데이터 내부의 중요한 정보들을 자동으로 빠르고 간편하게 표출하기 위한 방법을 제안한다.

Computational Flow Analysis on the Flow Field Improvement of an Indoor RAC by LES (LES에 의한 RAC 실내기의 유동장 개선에 관한 전산유동해석)

  • Kim, J.K.;Oh, S.H.
    • Journal of Power System Engineering
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.29-36
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    • 2012
  • The computational flow analysis using LES technique was introduced to investigate the flow field improvement of an indoor RAC chassis consisting of a rear-guider, a stabilizer and a cross-flow fan. This unsteady three-dimensional numerical analysis was carried out by the commercial SC/Tetra software. The edge blocks were adopted in this study as a tool for the flow field improvement of an indoor RAC. In view of the results so far achieved, the edge blocks cause the center of an eccentric vortex to be stable along all length of a cross-flow fan, and then, the static pressure and the velocity vector show a stable distributions. In consequence, because the edge blocks eliminate a reverse flow near the edges, an exhausting flow becomes to be stable and uniform.

Experimental Study on the Near Wake Behind a Circular Cylinder with Helical Surface Protrusions (나선형의 표면돌출물이 부착된 원주의 근접후류에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Gwon, Gi-Jeong;Kim, Hyeong-Beom
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.20 no.8
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    • pp.2601-2610
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    • 1996
  • Surface protrusions have been attached on a cylinder surface to reduce the flow-induced structural vibration by controlling the wake flow. Wind tunnel tests on the near wake of a circular cylinder with surface protrusions were carried out to investigate the flow characteristics of the controlled wake. Three experimental models were used in this experiment; one plain cylinder of diameter D and two cylinders wrapped helically by three small wires of diameter d=0.075D with pitches of 5D and 10D, respectively. Free stream velocity was ranged to have Reynolds number from 5000 to 50,000. Streamwise and vertical velocity components of the wake were measured by a hot-wire anemometry. The spanwise velocity component measured by a one-component fiber optic LDV revealed that time-averaged wake field has a nearly two-dimensional structure. It was found that the surface protrusions elongate the vortex formation region, which decrease the vortex shedding frequency. The suppression of vortices caused by the surface protrusions increases the velocity deficit in the center of wake region.

Immersed Boundary Method for Flow Induced by Transverse Oscillation of a Circular Cylinder in a Free-Stream (가상경계법을 사용한 횡단 진동하는 실린더 주위의 유동 해석)

  • Kim, Jeong-Hu;Yoon, Hyun-Sik;Tuan H.A.;Chun, Ho-Hwan
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.43 no.3 s.147
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    • pp.322-330
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    • 2006
  • Numerical calculations are carried out for flow past a circular cylinder forced oscillating normal to the free-stream flow at a fixed Reynolds number equal to 185. The cylinder oscillation frequency ranged from 0.8 to 1.2 of the natural vortex-shedding frequency, and the oscillation amplitude extended up to 20% of the cylinder diameter. IBM (Immersed Boundary Method) with direct momentum forcing was adopted to handle both of a stationary and an oscillating cylinder Present results such as time histories of drag and lift coefficients for both stationary and oscillating cases are in good agreement with previous numerical and experimental results. The instantaneous wake patterns of oscillating cylinder with different oscillating frequency ratios showed the synchronized wakes pattern in the lock-in region and vortex switching phenomenon at higher frequency ratio than the critical frequency ratio.

SPRAY STRUCTURE OF HIGH PRESSURE GASOLINE INJECTOR IN A GASOLINE DIRECT INJECTION ENGINE

  • Lee, Chang Sik;Chon, Mun Soo;Park, Young Cheol
    • International Journal of Automotive Technology
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    • v.2 no.4
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    • pp.165-170
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    • 2001
  • This study is focussed on the investigation of spray characteristics from the high pressure gasoline injector for the application of gasoline direct injection engine. For the analysis of spray structure of high pressure gasoline injector; the laser scattering method with a Nd-Yag laser and the Phase Doppler particle analyzer system were applied to observe the spray development and the measurement of the droplet size and velocity of the spray, respectively. Also spatial velocity distribution of the spray droplet was measured by use of the particle image velocity system. Experimental results show that high pressure gasoline injector shapes the hollow-cone spray, and produce the upward ring shaped vortex on the spray surface region. This upward ring shaped vortex promotes the secondary atomization of fuel droplets and contributes to a uniform distribution of fuel droplets. Most of fuel droplets are distributed under 31$\mu m$ of the mean droplet size (SMD) and the frequency distribution of the droplet size under 25$\mu m$ is over 95% at 7 MPa of injection pressure. According to the experimental results of PIV system, the flow patterns of the droplets velocity distribution in spray region are in good agreement with the spray macroscopic behaviors obtained from the visualization investigation.

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Analysis of the Aeroacoustic Characteristics of Cross-Flow Fan Using a Commercial CFD Code (상용 CFD 코드를 이용한 횡류홴 공력소음 특성 해석)

  • Jeon, Wan-Ho;Chung, Moon-Ki
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2002.11b
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    • pp.289-294
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    • 2002
  • In this study, performance, flow characteristics and noise of a cross-flow-fan system, used in indoor unit of the split-type air conditioner, were predicted by computational simulation. Triangular elements were used to mesh the calculation domain and quadrilateral elements were attached to the blade surfaces and walls to enhance the simulation quality. The unsteady incompressible Wavier-Stokes equations were solved using a sliding mesh technique on the interface between rotating fan region and the outside. Two stripes of velocity stream inside the cross-flow-fan were shown - the one was due to the eccentric vortex and the other was due to the normal entrance flow. As the flow rate increased, the center of the eccentric vortex moved toward the inner blade tip and rear-guide, and the exiting flow still had velocity variation along the stabilizer, which can increase the noise level. The acoustic pressure was calculated by using Lowson's equation. From the calculated acoustic pressure, it was found that the trailing edge is a dominant of acoustic generation.

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Visualization of the Flow Pattern Between Co-rotating Disks in HDD (HDD의 동시 회전 디스크 내부 유동 패턴의 가시화)

  • Kong Dae-Wee;Joo Won-Gu;Doh Deug-Hee
    • 한국가시화정보학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.67-70
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    • 2003
  • Hard disk drives (HDD) in computer are used extensively as data storage capacity. The trend in the computer industry to produce smaller disk drives rotating at higher speeds requires an improved understanding of fluid motion in the space between disks. Laser sheet and digital camera was used for 2-dimensional visualization of the unsteady flow between the center pair of two co-rotating disks in air with a cylindrical enclosure (or shroud). Geometric parameters are gap height (H) between disks, and gap distance (G) between disk tip and shroud. The lobe-structured boundary between inner region and outer region was detected by inserted particles, and the number of dominant vortices was determined clearly It is found from flow visualization that the number of vortex cells can be correlated with Reynolds number based on H which is defined as $Re_H={\Omega}RH/v$ ranging from $3.18\times10^3\;to\;1.43\times10^4$, and decreases as the disk speed increases. The lobe pattern by vortex cells is changed to a circular pattern for the wide gap than narrow one.

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Analysis of land-based circular aquaculture tank flow field using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation (전산 유체 역학(CFD)을 이용한 원형 양식 사육 수조 내부 유동장 해석)

  • KWON, Inyeong;KIM, Taeho
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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    • v.56 no.4
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    • pp.395-406
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    • 2020
  • The objectives of this study were to develop the optimal structures of recirculating aquaculture tank for improving the removal efficiency of solid materials and maintaining water quality conditions. Flow analysis was performed using the CFD (computational fluid dynamics) method to understand the hydrodynamic characteristics of the circular tank according to the angle of inclination in the tank bottom (0°, 1.5° and 3°), circulating water inflow method (underwater, horizontal nozzle, vertical nozzle and combination nozzle) and the number of inlets. As the angle in tank bottom increased, the vortex inside the tank decreased, resulting in a constant flow. In the case of the vertical nozzle type, the eddy flow in the tank was greatly improved. The vertical nozzle type showed excellent flow such as constant flow velocity distribution and uniform streamline. The combination nozzle type also showed an internal spiral flow, but the vortex reduction effect was less than the vertical nozzle type. As the number of inlets in the tank increased, problems such as speed reduction were compensated, resulting in uniform fluid flow.

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS OF THE LOW-SPEED LONGITUDINAL AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS FOR BWB TYPE UCAV CONFIGURATION (연속일체형 날개-동체 타입 UCAV 형상의 저속 종방향 공력특성에 대한 전산유동해석)

  • Park, S.H.;Chang, K.;Shim, H.J.;Sheen, D.J.;Park, S.H.
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.48-54
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    • 2016
  • In the present work, numerical simulations were conducted on the scaled model of the BWB type UCAV in the subsonic region using ANSYS FLUENT V15. The prediction method was validated through comparison with experimental results and the effect of the twisted wing was investigated. To consider the transitional flow phenomenon, ${\gamma}$ transition model based on SST model was adopted. The coefficients of lift, drag and pitching moment were compared with experimental results and the pressure distribution and streamlines were investigated. The twisted wing decreases the lift force but increases lift-to-drag ratio through delay of stall and leading edge vortex's movement to the front, also the non-linearity of the pitching moment is decreased.

A Study on the Choice of Dependent Variables of Momentum Equations in the General Curvilinear Coordinate (일반곡률좌표계 운동량방정식의 종속변수 선정에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Tak-Su;Kim, Won-Gap;Kim, Cheol-Su;Choe, Yeong-Don
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.25 no.11
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    • pp.1500-1508
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    • 2001
  • This paper represents the importance of dependent variables in non-orthogonal curvilinear coordinates just as the importance of those variables of convective scheme and turbulence model in computational fluid dynamics. Each of Cartesian, physical covariant and physical contravariant velocity components was tested as the dependent variables of momentum equations in the staggered grid system. In the flow past a circular cylinder, the results were computed to use each of three variables and compared to experimental data. In the skewed driven cavity flow, the results were computed to check the grid dependency of the variables. The results used in Cartesian and physical contravariant components of velocity in cylinder flow show the nearly same accuracy. In the case of Cartesian and contravariant component, the same number of vortex was predicted in the skewed driven cavity flow. Vortex strength of Cartesian component case has about 30% lower value than that of the other two cases.